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This Danish Warship Exploded in Battle 225 Years Ago. Now, Archaeologists Are Racing to Recover Its Artifacts

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The destruction of the “Dannebroge” was documented in art and history books. Now, thanks to a museum’s excavations, archaeologists can study the wreck up close for the first time Archaeologists found these stoneware fragments in the wreckage of the Dannebroge . The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde A fiery explosion sank the Danish warship Dannebroge during the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801, killing dozens of people on board. More than two centuries later, the wreck of the famous ship has been identified at the bottom of the Copenhagen harbor, according to the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark. Maritime archaeologists working for the museum made the discovery while surveying the seabed ahead of planned construction. Developers are building an artificial island called Lynetteholm at the battle site to help protect the Danish capital city from flooding and storms, and now researchers are racing to recover the wreckage.…

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